TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Primate evidence on the late health effects of early-life adversity
JO  - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
A1  - Conti, Gabriella
A1  - Hansman, Christopher
A1  - Heckman, James J.
A1  - Novak, Matthew F. X.
A1  - Ruggiero, Angela
A1  - Suomi, Stephen J.
SP  - 8866
EP  - 8871
VL  - 109
IS  - 23
N2  - This paper exploits a unique ongoing experiment to analyze the effects of early rearing conditions on physical and mental health in a sample of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). We analyze the health records of 231 monkeys that were randomly allocated at birth across three rearing conditions: mother rearing, peer rearing, and surrogate peer rearing. We show that the lack of a secure attachment relationship in the early years engendered by adverse rearing conditions has detrimental long-term effects on health that are not compensated for by a normal social environment later in life.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0027-8424
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1205340109
ID  - ref1
ER  -